Bulk explosive charger
CA 2044311 A1 · Owner: Baumgartner, Otto F. · Inventors: Baumgartner, Otto F.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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Abstract From the Canadian patent
There is disclosed, according to the present invention an apparatus and method for loading explosives exhibiting little, water resistance, into water filled blast holes without contamination of the explosives by water. A pressure charger vessel, capable of being filled with bulk explosives of low density and low water resistance, such as ammonium nitrate fuel oil, is connected to a flexible plastic sleeve. A pneumatic plug fixedly connects the lower portion of the pressure charger vessel to the plastic sleeve. The plastic sleeve is lowered into a blast hole by means of a weight. Compressed air is then introduced into the pressure charger vessel and a valve means located between the sleeve …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed June 11, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 11, 2011.
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